ZTE's Evolution handset sports dual alphabet support
Here's a bizarre one. ZTE's latest mobile not only sports a sleek, black enclosure and 3G connectivity, but also includes a "dual level, multilingual Fastap keypad based on Digit Wireless' Fastap Keypad Global Language Platform." As you'd expect, both English-speaking individuals and those proficient in Romanized Ukrainian and Russian should have no trouble entering text messages, as the keypad clearly sports both Cyrillic and Latin-based letters. Although the minutiae of this here device has yet to be unveiled, we do know that it'll be distributed by PEOPLEnet -- the first national provider of 3G communications in Ukraine -- and while nothing was written in stone, ZTE also suggested that the Evolution could be used by "international operators for authoritative certificates and assurances to overseas markets." Click on through for a more detailed shot of the bilingual mobile.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
dima1109 @ Jul 7th 2007 1:04PM
wow
every single handset sold in Russia and Ukraine has keys like that. Every one of them has the Cyrillic letter layout. They've had it since cell phones first appeared there.
I dont understand how this is news
dotster @ Jul 16th 2007 12:47PM
in this case PeopleNet have ordered this phone from ZTE
stefa @ Aug 22nd 2007 8:12AM
No, that's not for Cyrillic. This one has the standart TAP keyboard + a full alphabet keyboard.